Marijuana Policy Project: Mass. pot legalization will help jobs, hurt gangs

Legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts would create thousands of jobs in a newly regulated market, snatch a lucrative business away from "gangs and cartels" and generate new tax revenues for government, according to the political director of legalization efforts in five states, including Massachusetts.

During a televised interview broadcast on Sunday morning, Matt Simon of the  Marijuana Policy Project told WCVB-TV's "On the Record" that he believes an initiative petition being drafted to legalize marijuana will be approved "overwhelmingly" after a debate over impacts in states where it is already legal, including Colorado and Washington.

"I think the whole state of Massachusetts will be having a robust debate about these issues, and I think we'll get into the nitty gritty of what really is happening in Colorado and Washington," said Simon, a New Hampshire resident who is working on 2016 ballot efforts with groups in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and...

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